The Position
A Novel
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3.7 • 113 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
From the bestselling author of The Wife—Meg Wolitzer’s “hilariously moving, sharply written novel” (USA TODAY), hailed by critics and loved by readers worldwide, with its “dead-on observations about sex, marriage, and the family ties that strangle and bind” (Cleveland Plain Dealer).
Crackling with intelligence and humor, The Position is the masterful story of one extraordinary family at the hilarious height of the sexual revolution—and through the thirty-year hangover that followed.
In 1975, Paul and Roz Mellow write a bestselling Joy of Sex-type book that mortifies their four school-aged children and ultimately changes the shape of the family forever. Thirty years later, as the now dispersed family members argue over whether to reissue the book, we follow the complicated lives of each of the grown children and their conflicts in love, work, marriage, parenting, and, of course, sex—all shadowed by the indelible specter of their highly sexualized parents. Insightful, panoramic, and compulsively readable, The Position is an American original.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Imagine this: You’re a child in the 1970s and you find a sex book in the den. But it’s not just any sex book—it’s a runaway bestseller written by…your parents…featuring their naked bodies in every imaginable position. Meg Wolitzer’s wryly funny drama pivots around this fictional how-to guide and its effect on the Mellow family over 30 years. But the story is really about the inner workings of relationships between siblings, romantic partners, and adult children and their parents. Wolitzer’s astute observations on love, sex, and family dynamics are both laugh-out-loud hilarious and heartbreaking, sometimes within the same breath.
Customer Reviews
Position
Eh. Ended soft